Posted on 02/07/2012 3:54:14 PM PST by Olog-hai
Every Supreme Court justice is required, under Article VI of the United States Constitution, to be bound by his or her oath or affirmation to support this Constitution. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg has just broken this commitment by insulting, in front of a foreign audience, the very document she is sworn to support.
In an interview during her visit to Cairo, which aired January 30, 2012 on Al-Hayat TV, Justice Ginsburg advised the Egyptian people to ignore the U.S. Constitution in preparing their own new constitution. Its just too old, she said. Instead, Justice Ginsburg lavished praise on several post-World War II foreign documents such as the South African constitution, Canadas Charter of Rights and Freedoms, and the European Convention on Human Rights.
I might look at the constitution of South Africa, Justice Ginsburg said. It is a great piece of work that was done.
You would almost certainly look at the European Convention on Human Rights, she continued.
As for her own countrys constitution, Justice Ginsburg said she would not look to the U.S. Constitution if I were drafting a new constitution in 2012.
Quite the contrary. Justice Ginsburg believes that contemporary foreign laws and decisions should be used by her and other Supreme Court justices in determining the meaning of provisions of our own constitution.
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When all three branches of government are out to trash the US Constitution, can America possibly survive?
So has the POTUS and virtually EVERY member of Congress; particularly Dems and RINOS. Where is the outrage against them???
The SCOTUS is the only branch that can’t get voted out. Not that elections are meaning too much nowadays, of course . . .
Relax gang & face the future of this nation, which you in practical purposes have no control over. Y’all know where it is going, just get prepared the best you can.
Dear God just let her live 15 minutes past Newt’s inaugeration.
True, but they CAN be impeached!!
And, if the citizens get pi$$ed enough, they can be ridden out of town on a rail!!!
And how is failure to adhere to the Constitution, or (in this case) openly trashing that very document you have sworn to protect, not an act of open war against the USA and/or adhering to the USA’s enemies? especially by one that holds such a high office as SCOTUS justice? Don’t forget Article 6 Section 3 of the Constitution as well.
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